The state of Uttar Pradesh will provide compensation to poor workers via
online payments if they lost their job due to the pandemic. Vegetable vendors,
construction workers, rickshaw pullers, autorickshaw drivers, and temporary
staff at shops will be targeted by this measure…
The Korean social insurance agency will allow for payout of industrial accident insurance to workers who are tested positive for COVID-19. A deduction of health insurance premium payments by 50% is planned for low-income households.
In order to maintain employment stability of foreign employees and manpower for employers, the Ministry of Employment and Labor announced changes to procedures of the Employment Permit System (EPS). Measures include the extension of job search period for foreigners who applied for a workplace…
Cash transfers of Rs 500 ($6.5) for 3 months from April to June to 200M
women with a Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) (financial
inclusion) account
The Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) has announced its first-ever decision to increase the employee retention subsidy to maximum 90%, regardless of industry. This provisional measure is for three months (April to June) and intends to encourage all companies affected by COVID-19 to retain…
To provide relief to farmers affected due to the lockdown, the Centre on Thursday said it will transfer in the first week of April the first installment of Rs 2,000 to each of 8.69 crore beneficiaries under the PM-KISAN scheme.
"Farmers receive Rs 6,000 annual from PM-KISAN. We will…
Increased by 250% of existing indirect employment-cost subsidies (to W400,000 per worker) in the event an employee reduces work hours for
COVID-19-related family care, coupled with relaxing eligibility criteria (e.g. the minimum employment duration from 6 months to 1 month).
Rs1000 to all beneficiaries under the National Social Assistance Program
(NSAP) for elderly, widows and disabled receiving social pensions (35M
beneficiaries)
South Korea has allocated a nearly 20 trillion won support package to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. This includes giving parent employees up to 5 days of childcare leave along with the pay of 50,000 won per day, respectively54.
Latvia may introduce an unemployed persons aid benefit. This support would be paid if a person fails to find a job after the end of the period of payments of unemployment benefits.
This solution was discussed during a meeting of the government work group for support of entrepreneurship…
The Supporting Employees with Transfer of Cash (SET Cash) programme will also provide temporary cash transfers to individuals from any sector where it can be verified that they lost their employment since March 10 when the first COVID case was confirmed here.
This will provide temporary cash transfers to registered businesses in the hotel, tours, and attractions industries based on the number of workers under the $1.5 million income tax threshold who they keep employed. The businesses must be licensed by the Jamaica Tourist Board.
Have decided to raise all the benefits, incl pensions, other contributory and non-contributory benefits by 10%. However, this is a measure that was in COVID package, but will not disappear after COVID is gone.
"The Public Services Regulatory Commission has recognized the coronavirus as force majeure when utility payments can be delayed without the
consequence of light, water or gas outages."
In kind support in the form of free grocery packages is planned for large
families with children, persons with disability and other vulnerable
families.
The National Insurance Board will give those on short weeks 60 per cent of their earnings for those days. For example, if a person is put on a three-day week, then the Board will pay 60 per cent of the wages the person would have earned for the other two days.
Acquisition of inputs for food and pastoral agricultural production in the amount of 30 billion, the establishment of a solidarity fund in support of women to finance the trade in vegetables and fruits in the amount of five billion .
Delhi government, on Saturday, announced free and increased rations for the beneficiaries under the public distribution scheme. Free and enhanced rations will be available from March 30, and around 18 lakh families are expected to benefit from it.
The state of Uttar Pradesh transferred Rs 611 crore ($80M) in cash transfers
directly to 27.5M workers of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme.
